Name/TitleCollection of animal bone found beneath Sir Ian Dixon Fountain
About this objectCollection of animal bone found beneath the Sir Ian Dixon Fountain on the River Hiz during restoration work in mid October 2019. These include a large bone of a cow (.1) a rib bone of a small to medium animal (possibly a sheep or goat) (.2) A bone of a small to medium animal with socket surface (possibly a sheep or goat) (.3) and a metapodial (?) bone of a small to medium mammal, (possibly a sheep or goat) (.4)
These bones are domestic waste from food preparation and are almost certainly from a pit inserted before the river was diverted this means they could date anywhere from the Roman period through to the 20th Century.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic| Bone
Measurements.1) 100 X 107 x 80
.2) 155 x 30 x 10
.3) 139 x 40 x 20
.4) 190 x 20
